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Lemon Sugar Cookies

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These lemon sugar cookies are one of my recent faves. Soft and chewy, loaded with lemon flavor, tart yet sweet. They are simply divine.

These lemon sugar cookies are one of my recent favorites. They are soft and chewy and loaded with lemon flavor. The fresh lemon juice and zest give the cookies a tartness that pairs perfectly with the sweetness of the sugar cookie. You could do a lemon glaze to put them over-the-top but frankly I prefer them as is. In fact, you may have a hard time even baking them because the dough is simply divine.

Lemon just says summer to me: Homemade Lemonade, Lemon Ice Box Pie, Citrus Chicken on the Grill…It’s just so fresh and light and the perfect complement to a hot summer day. I’m putting together an end-of-year teacher basket with all kinds of lemon-y goodness. These cookies are one of the items going inside. I’ll be sharing the other basket goodies over the next week or two. In the meantime, whip up a batch of these cookies this weekend.

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Lemon Sugar Cookies
 
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Author: Shellie Deringer - SimplyShellie.com
Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1¾ cup white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 3 egg yolks
  • ¾ teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 teaspoons lemon juice (freshly squeezed is best)
  • Zest from one lemon
  • 1¾ cup all-purpose flour
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar for 30 seconds.
  3. Scrape the sides of the bowl and mix in baking soda and cream of tartar on low speed for 10 seconds.
  4. While the mixer is low speed, add in egg yolks (one at a time) and continue to mix until incorporated. Stir in vanilla, lemon juice, and lemon zest.
  5. One everything is combined, add in the flour ½ cup at a time and stir until all flour is incorporated. Do not over mix.
  6. Drop dough by the tablespoon on a parchment-covered baking sheet and (using your hands) roll each one into a ball. Cookies will spread during baking, so be sure to leave 3-4 inches between each one.
  7. Bake for 11-12 minutes or until edges are very slightly browned.
  8. Cool on cookie sheet for 5-10 minutes before removing cookies from the pan. (This will allow the cookies to finish baking by the heat of the pan.)
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These lemon sugar cookies are one of my recent faves. Soft and chewy, loaded with lemon flavor, tart yet sweet. They are simply divine.

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  1. Laurie Perry says

    May 16, 2015 at 3:16 pm

    What temperature do these bake at? It’s not included in your recipe. Thank you!

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  2. Gina says

    May 16, 2015 at 8:08 pm

    You don’t mention the baking temp. Is it 350?

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  3. Jamie says

    May 18, 2015 at 12:25 pm

    These sound delicious, so I made them. The cookies I made look nothing like the picture. They are flat, like a lacey cookie. I precisely followed the directions. Not sure what went wrong. The batter is yummy and the flat cookie tastes ok (super buttery with a faint hint of lemon). Not sure I’ll make these again.

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    • Shellie Deringer says

      May 18, 2015 at 10:52 pm

      These cookies are a little on the flat side. You can see in the picture they aren’t super fluffy. I’m not sure why your cookies are too flat. The things that come to mind are 1) Your butter is too soft. 2) You are over mixing the batter and it incorporates too much air into the batter 3) Your baking soda might be old 4) You could be putting the next batch of cookies on the cookie sheet while it’s still too warm. Sorry they didn’t work out for you.

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  4. Krysta @ KrystaSteen.com says

    May 24, 2015 at 10:07 pm

    Yum! I love lemon in cookies! Thanks for sharing at Tips & Tricks! 🙂

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  5. Heather says

    April 12, 2020 at 11:21 pm

    These cookies are more like wafer cookies. I did roll some in sugar which seemed to help them from going too flat. The taste is absolutely delicious, the best lemon cookie that I have made (I have made a few). I added 2 extra teaspoons of lemon juice. They are lemony, soft, chewy and divine! Thank you for the great recipe!

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